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re·pass

 (rē-păs′)
v. re·passed, re·pass·ing, re·pass·es
v.tr.
1. To pass (something) again.
2. To cause to pass again in the opposite direction.
v.intr.
To pass again; go by again.

re·pas′sage (-ĭj) n.
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repass

(riːˈpɑːs)
vb
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (tr) to pass (a law, etc) again
2. (intr) literary to return by the way one has come, to go by again in the opposite direction
3. (tr) literary to pass by, over, or through (something) again
4. (tr) literary to cause (something) to pass by, over or through again
n
archaic a passing again, the act of repassing
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repass


Past participle: repassed
Gerund: repassing

Imperative
repass
repass
Present
I repass
you repass
he/she/it repasses
we repass
you repass
they repass
Preterite
I repassed
you repassed
he/she/it repassed
we repassed
you repassed
they repassed
Present Continuous
I am repassing
you are repassing
he/she/it is repassing
we are repassing
you are repassing
they are repassing
Present Perfect
I have repassed
you have repassed
he/she/it has repassed
we have repassed
you have repassed
they have repassed
Past Continuous
I was repassing
you were repassing
he/she/it was repassing
we were repassing
you were repassing
they were repassing
Past Perfect
I had repassed
you had repassed
he/she/it had repassed
we had repassed
you had repassed
they had repassed
Future
I will repass
you will repass
he/she/it will repass
we will repass
you will repass
they will repass
Future Perfect
I will have repassed
you will have repassed
he/she/it will have repassed
we will have repassed
you will have repassed
they will have repassed
Future Continuous
I will be repassing
you will be repassing
he/she/it will be repassing
we will be repassing
you will be repassing
they will be repassing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been repassing
you have been repassing
he/she/it has been repassing
we have been repassing
you have been repassing
they have been repassing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been repassing
you will have been repassing
he/she/it will have been repassing
we will have been repassing
you will have been repassing
they will have been repassing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been repassing
you had been repassing
he/she/it had been repassing
we had been repassing
you had been repassing
they had been repassing
Conditional
I would repass
you would repass
he/she/it would repass
we would repass
you would repass
they would repass
Past Conditional
I would have repassed
you would have repassed
he/she/it would have repassed
we would have repassed
you would have repassed
they would have repassed
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Translations

repass

[ˈriːˈpɑːs] VTrepasar
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An hour later, after nightfall, he repassed the plantation, going northward in the direction from which he had come.
But since I am arrived at the banks of this renowned river, which I have passed and repassed so many times; and since all that I have read of the nature of its waters, and the causes of its overflowing, is full of fables, the reader may not be displeased to find here an account of what I saw myself, or was told by the inhabitants.
Without doubt, while looking towards the heavens, resuming his marvelous dream, he repassed by the same road by which the vision, at once so terrible and sweet, had led him before; for after having gently closed his eyes, he reopened them and began to smile: he had just seen Raoul, who had smiled upon him.
She passed and repassed her long brown hand gently over her pet's glossy fur.
I passed and repassed the house, and stopped and listened at the door; all was dark, and silent as the grave.
In truth, the walker, who, during the observations of the two friends, had passed and repassed behind them several times, stopped at the name of De Winter; but as his face betrayed no emotion at mention of this name, it might have been by chance he stood so still.
After a time they repassed the Quadling house and the man was still standing on the bank.
The footsteps of the sentinel echoed monotonously as he paced its stone pavement to and fro (reminding Barnaby of the watch he had so lately kept himself); and as he passed and repassed the door, he made the cell for an instant so black by the interposition of his body, that his going away again seemed like the appearance of a new ray of light, and was quite a circumstance to look for.
As he repassed the females, he paused a moment to gaze upon their beauty, answering to the smile and nod of Alice with a look of open pleasure.
Old Barley was growling and swearing when we repassed his door, with no appearance of having ceased or of meaning to cease.
After Clegg led magnificently early on, he and Covatti swapped and repassed - the Rebel taking the win in the 4-2 , moving the score on to 21-21.
The Hare-Hawes-Cutting Act, which imposed quotas on Philippine products and restricted immigration to 50 Filipinos a year, was repassed by Congress immediately after President Herbert Hoover vetoed it.